Pune: CM Devendra Fadnavis has in a written reply to the assembly said no irregularity was found in the 433 firearm licences issued during the tenure of Amitabh Gupta and Jalinder Supekar, former commissioner and former additional commissioner, respectively, of Pune police.Last May, the CM had ordered a review of all gun permits issued by Pune police during their tenure following allegations that Supekar had tried to shield the family of former NCP functionary Rajendra Hagawane after daughter-in-law Vaishnavi Hagawane’s suicide over dowry demands. It was also alleged that Supekar had helped the Hagawanes acquire gun licences in 2022 despite misleading residential documents being submitted. Gupta was the then Pune police chief. While the CM gave the written reply on July 8, 2025, the question and answers were tabled during this session. “The licensing authorities were found to have adhered to all the terms, conditions and provisions of Arms Act, 1959, and Arms Rules, 2016, while issuing these licences,” said the reply. Gupta didn’t respond to TOI’s calls. Supekar said, “The truth has come out. We had followed all the norms.” TNN
